Faculty Association Senate Minutes

Tuesday, January 22, 2002

Attendance:  (Those present indicated by an underline)

Officers:  Fisher, Larkin, Foster, Butenhoff, R. C. Johnson

IFO Board:  A. Schoenberger, J. Foster, Maloney; Negotiator: Langen

BUSINESS:  (Unit Representative) Pesch, (ACCT) vacant, (BCIS) Herath, Song, (FIRE) Hudson,

(MGMT) Roth, vacant,  (MKGB) Bristow, J.C. Johnson

EDUCATION:  (Unit Representative) T. Peterson, (CFS) Gilman, (LDR) Schulze, Kayona, (EDRSH) Vereen, Downing, (HRESS) Palmer, C. Martin, (MHTSC) Christensen, (HURL) Tripp, (SPED) Salk, vacant, (TDEV) Subrahmanyan, Heine, Hornstein

FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES:  (Unit Representative) Kilborn, (ART) Weston, (CDSI) Whites, (ENGL)Dorn, Condon, Robinson, Ross, (FORL) Mikoltchak, Splittgerber, (COMM) Rodriguez, (MUSIC) Fuller, Tamte-Horan, (PHIL) Gill, Nuccetelli, (SPEECH) Spry, Warne, Rehling, (THFD) Chisholm

SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: (Unit Representative) McKenna, (AVIA) Raiber, (BIOL) Cronn, Woodard, Schoenfuss, ( CHEM) Jeannot, Dvorak, (CSCI) Herath, (ESCI) G. Anderson, (EE) George, (ETS) Akubue, (ME) Covey, (MATH) Kalia, Haller, Carr, (NURS) Bresser, (PHYS) Nook, Bunn, (STST) Lawal, Gammel

SOCIAL SCIENCES:  (Unit Representative) Ore, (CMTY) Karasik, (CJUS) Clifford, Andzenge, (ECON) Kang, Grossman, (ES/WS) Lacourt, (GEOG) Wong, (HIST) Mullins, (POL) Wagner, (PSYC) Kukuk, (SW) Present, (SAN) Gold, Lavenda

SPECIAL SERVICES: (Unit Representative) Inkster, (COUN) Lokken, (LR&TS) Hill, S. Williams,

Hergert, (MEN’S ATHL) vacant, (WOMEN’S ATHL) Glowatzke

 

1.                    Call to order at 3:15 p.m.

 

2.             Motion to approve Senate minutes of 12/4/01 (Larkin/Kilborn) passed

                Motion to approve Executive Committee minutes of 1/15/02 (Larkin/Kilborn) passed

                Motion to approve Executive Committee minutes of 12/18/01 (Palmer/Larkin) passed

                Motion to approve Executive Committee minutes of 12/11/01 (Palmer/Lavenda) passed

                Motion to approve Executive Committee minutes of 11/13/01 except item 5.h. (Palmer/Lavenda) passed

Motion to accept UCC minutes of 11/29/01 and other actions verified by Jean Hoff (Akubue/Lavenda) passed

Motion to accept UCC minutes of 12/6/01 (Palmer/Lavenda) passed

Motion to accept UCC minutes of 11/8/01 (Walm/Schoenberger) passed

Motion to approve the ISC minutes of 12/3/01 (Palmer/Lavenda) passed

Motion to approve the ISC minutes of 12/3/01pending verification of membership (Schoenberger/Foster) passed

                The following minutes were filed:  Strategic Planning-12/6/01, Meet and Confer notes of 11/29/01

 

3.        Treasurer’s Report

Motion to approve the Treasurer’s report (Palmer/Schoenberger) passed

 

4.        Call for additional agenda items

6.b.          Positions

                6.c.          CFAH Faculty awards

                8.c.          Special Services election Unit rep

                8.d.          Provost/AVP Search Committee election

                8.e           Professional Review Panel

                8.f.           Entry into Classrooms

 

5.                    Consent Agenda

Motion to approve the consent agenda (Palmer/Lavenda) passed

 

6.        Presidents Comments

  1. Positions

Motion to bring the matter of the allocation of faculty positions by colleges to Meet and Confer (Hill/Karasik) passed

  1. CFAH awards

Motion to support the CFAH Faculty Awards proposal (Splittgerber/Kilborn) passed

 

Motion to move to agenda item 7.f. (Carr/Schoenberger) passed

 

Motion that the FA Senate directs the FA Constitution and ByLaws Committee to propose a change in Article I Section 4 of the bylaws that will accommodate problems experienced with the current system, and in particular that will address the issue of multi-candidate elections such as the IFO Board election.  We will need these changes proposed to the Senate in time to be acted upon before the Spring 2002 FA Elections (Carr/Schoenberger)

 

Motion to go to agenda item 8.e. (Palmer/Lavenda) passed

Motion to go to agenda item 8.d. (Larkin/Palmer) passed

 

8.d.          Provost/AVP Search Committee

 

Motion to renegotiate with the administration to lower the academic affairs participation from three to one and to add one more faculty, a member from the Faculty Association Executive Committee, to the Provost and AVP Search Committee (Kang/Johnson) passed

 

Motion that the results of this election be held until the overall composition of the committee is agreed upon with the administration (Nook/Palmer) passed

 

Motion to move to agenda item 8.f. (Palmer/Carr) passed

 

Meeting adjourned at 5:20 p.m.